Handbrake turns & other stuff

[Mike_Buckham at ptk.pioneer.co.uk]

Thanks for the info, Huw. I always grab any chance I can of driving in the
snow to get used to how a car handles in slippery conditions, and also just
because it's fun. Unfortunately it doesn't snow much here in the UK these
days (not down south, anyway) so I haven't had any chance to practice with
the 200.

What doesn't help is that I'm still sorting out a lack of power issue from
the ignition being retarded whenever I try to accelerate hard. I have
replaced the knock sensor (which has helped a lot) and it's fitted quite
loosely too, but the ignition still is getting retarded. I'm considering
putting in a potentiometer inline with the knock sensor to vary the voltage
level it produces to dumb down its signal down. I need to adjust it high
enough such that the ECU is happy that the electronics are functioning OK,
but low enough such that the ignition doesn't get retarded. Has anyone else
tried this?

Also (on a '89 200qt Avant), once you've done a wash wipe on the rear wiper
and it has started intermittently wiping all by itself, how do you stop it?
The only way I can stop it at the moment is to switch off the ignition.

Cheers, Mike.



As far as the general question, last winter I, um, experimented a bit in
a nearby parking lot with my 90Q each time it snowed, and many times
leaving my own parking lot, turning onto the highway, etc.... um,
anyway, I found it took a great deal of learning, switching from the
fwd.  But it was no problem to get it do some seriously silly, uh,
"stuff".  No handbrakes necessary.  just get it turning a bit and floor
it.  it does some weird things, but once it is sliding around you can
get it to do almost anything you want, with practice.  The controlled
sliding turn onto a road followed by a precisely controlled series of
fishtails is the best one, I think...

it got a lot harder to do this once I put the hakka on, but where there
is a will, there's a way, right?

--
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/



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